What are captions?

Captions help provide access to television for Deaf and hard of hearing people, people learning English or finding accents hard to understand, those watching TV in a noisy environment and anyone who likes to read along with the programme.

"Hearing aids are only part of the solution. I really enjoy being able to relax and read my favourite TV programmes in the evenings without all the hard work of concentrating! - caption user

Captions are a transcription of the programme’s soundtrack, including dialogue, sound effects and music. Captions usually appear at the bottom of the screen.

Able provides captioning for clients across New Zealand and around the world, including for production companies, online platforms, musuems, film festivals, and we're funded by NZ On Air to provide captioning for broadcast television channels (TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, Three, Prime, DUKE and the +1 channels).